Oberonia pyrulifera Lindl.1859 SUBGENUS Oberonia Drawing by © Orchid Society of China Website

Drawing Drawing by © Zhiwutong.com Website

Common Name The Pear-Carrying Oberonia [refers to the seed capsules shape] - In China Lie Chun Yuan Wei Lan

Flower Size .04" [1 mm]

Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, India, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal and Thailand in forests on trees at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cold growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying ensiform, semi-falcate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary, slender, terete, bracteate, longer than the leaves, decurved, 2.2 to 4.4" " [5.5 to 11 cm] cm] long,

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so use with caution

Synonyms Iridorkis pyrulifera (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis pyrulifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Malaxis verticillata var. khasiana (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia verticillata var. khasiana Lindl. 1859;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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